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North America south side of Cape Breton Island : Madame Id. & Lennox Passage with the Southern entrance of the Gut of Canso

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North America south side of Cape Breton Island : Madame Id. & Lennox Passage with the Southern entrance of the Gut of Canso

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Great Britain. Hydrographic Office, issuing body

Publication date
Topics
Nova Scotia -- Navigation -- Maps., Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Navigation -- Maps., Nautical charts -- Nova Scotia., Canada -- Maps., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Bayfield Project, Nautical charts -- Nova Scotia, Nautical charts, Nova Scotia -- Navigation -- Maps, Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Navigation -- Maps, Canada -- Maps, Canada, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island
Publisher
London : Published at the Admiralty
Collection
mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityrarebooks; toronto
Contributor
McGill University Library
Language
English
Item Size
41.8M
1 map ; 62 x 94 cm

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms

Mounted on linen

"Published at the Admiralty April 25th 1860 under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington R.N. F.R.S. Hydrographer."

"Engraved by J & C Walker."

"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King St. Tower Hill."

Legend for material under soundings

Lighthouses shown in red

Navagational notes

Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada
Addeddate
2019-04-04 21:39:13
Associated-names
Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885, surveyor; Orlebar, J., 1810-1891, surveyor; Washington, John, 1800-1863, cartographer; Potter, J. D. (John Dennett), active 1830-1892, bookseller; J. & C. Walker (Firm), engraver; Great Britain. Admiralty
Identifier
McGillLibrary-rbsc_map_bayfield-094-19255
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t5v770w2m
Note
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms.
Mounted on linen.
"Published at the Admiralty April 25th 1860 under the Superintendence of Captn. Washington R.N. F.R.S. Hydrographer."
"Engraved by J & C Walker."
"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry & 11 King St. Tower Hill."
Legend for material under soundings.
Lighthouses shown in red.
Navagational notes.
Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada.
Copy in McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, Map Collection: Numbered 94 on verso of map.
Copy in McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, Map Collection: folded to 67 x 50 cm
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
Ppi
300
Url
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/hostedjournals/bayfield.html
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